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Mythology Bee

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He stole fire from Zeus, and taught its secrets to Phoroneus.

a)

Aeneas

b)

Epimetheus

c)

Prometheus

d)

Chiron

2.

She was the twin sister of Zeus and was beguiled into becoming his wife when Zeus transformed himself into her favorite bird, the cuckoo.

a)

Hera

b)

Demeter

c)

Alcmene

d)

Artemis

3.

He was thrown off Mt. Olympus twice, once by his disappointed mother, Hera, and once by his incensed father, Zeus; in this way he became crippled and hunchbacked.

a)

Ares

b)

Apollo

c)

Hebe

d)

Hephaestus

4.

She was the mother of the goddess of spring, who was also the Queen of the Underworld; her name in Greek means "Barley Mother."

a)

Artemis

b)

Hera

c)

Athena

d)

Demeter

5.

His primary weapon was the trident; as lord of the sea, the half-horse, half-fish hippocampi pulled his sea chariot, and his son Triton announced his arrival by blowing on a conch shell.

a)

Zeus

b)

Poseidon

c)

Hades

d)

Pirithous

6.

This goddess of love and beauty's symbols are the rose and the hand mirror. She is usually considered to be either the daughter of Zeus or the daughter of Uranus, the grandfather of Zeus, thus making her Zeus's aunt.

a)

Hestia

b)

Aphrodite

c)

Artemis

d)

Urania

7.

This god's symbols are the shield and spear; the moons of the planet that bear his Roman namesake are Phobos and Deimos.

a)

Perseus

b)

Theseus

c)

Ares

d)

Poseidon

8.

He was the brother to both Poseidon and Zeus, husband to Persephone, and drew the short straw in the competition between himself and his two ultimately more powerful brothers.

a)

Hades

b)

Hecate

c)

Hyperion

d)

Hephaestus

9.

She was the merciless and cold goddess of the moon, the hunt, and chastity; her twin brother was Apollo.

a)

Arethusa

b)

Artemis

c)

Glauce

d)

Athena

10.

This mythological winged horse was born from the severed head of Medusa.

a)

Arion

b)

Chiron

c)

Bucephalus

d)

Pegasus

11.

These creatures, fauns to Romans, were envisioned as being half-man and half-goat; they loved to chase nymphs through the woods.

a)

centaurs

b)

satyrs

c)

hippogriffs

d)

naiads

12.

This was the favorite food of the gods

a)

nectar

b)

twinkied poptarts

c)

ambrosia

d)

ichor

13.

Which of the Olympians chose never to set foot on Mt. Olympus?

a)

Aphrodite

b)

Athena

c)

Poseidon

d)

Hades

14.

One day a fierce boar killed Adonis, the handsomest mortal to have ever lived, and who was much loved by Aphrodite. Who was this boar really, having transformed himself because he was insanely jealous?

a)

Zeus

b)

Hephaestus

c)

Ares

d)

Hermes

15.

Chiron was this type of mythological beast.

a)

satyr

b)

centaur

c)

Gorgon

d)

librarian

16.

Who ferried the dead across a river in the Underworld if they gave him the proper payment, a coin or obol, which the Greeks placed under a dead person's tongue when given a proper burial?

a)

Acheron

b)

Achelous

c)

Charon

d)

Cerberus

17.

One day Zeus had a splitting headache, so he called upon Hephaestus to literally split open his head since it hurt so bad. Who, to his surprise, sprung fully armored from his head?

a)

Artemis

b)

Athena

c)

Dionysus

d)

Iris

18.

This son of Zeus and Maia was not only the patron of travelers, but also the god of thieves and merchants; he carried a magical wand called the caduceus, today often mistakenly used as a medical symbol.

a)

Pan

b)

Silenus

c)

Hermes

d)

Tisphone

19.

This sorceress changed the men of Odysseus into pigs, although later she recanted and turned them back into men when Odysseus tricked her.

a)

Sycorax

b)

Medea

c)

Selene

d)

Circe

20.

Which of the following was Apollo not the god of?

a)

civilization

b)

law

c)

prophecy

d)

weather

21.

What was the primary weapon of Zeus, which use used during the war between the gods and the Titans?

a)

trident

b)

conch shell

c)

lightning

d)

magical spear

22.

This Olympian god made weapons and armor for the gods and heroes.

a)

Apollo

b)

Hephaestus

c)

Kronos

d)

Ares

23.

Which gorgeous goddess was born from the foam of the sea, and is the subject of a beautiful painting by Botticelli is which she is seen standing on an upturned scallop shell riding the ocean waves?

a)

Amphitrite

b)

Aphrodite

c)

Athena

d)

Nike

24.

His Roman name was Bacchus; every year, when he threw a big party during the time of the harvest of the grapes, he was torn limb from limb by the Maenads, his loyal followers

a)

Diocletian

b)

Dionysus

c)

Hermes

d)

Eros

25.

This son of Aphrodite had magical arrows which made anyone he shot fall in love with the next person he or she saw.

a)

Erato

b)

Eurus

c)

Eros

d)

Endymion

26.

This god of the satyrs loved to play the pipes; he was the only god rumored to have died, despite the fact that he was immortal-- it is unknown how he actually perished.

a)

Penelope

b)

Prometheus

c)

Polydectes

d)

Pan

27.

This Greek goddess of victory's Roman name was Vitula. The gods wisely did not contest with her, as she could not be defeated.

a)

Nike

b)

Eurus

c)

Namaste

d)

Nemesis

28.

According to one version of this Gorgon's myth, she was once a very beautiful maiden whom Athena cursed for violating her temple. Athena gave her a particularly bad hairdo.

a)

Medusa

b)

Medea

c)

Mnemosyne

d)

Medeus

29.

She was used as a messenger for the gods when Hermes was busy; it was said that she was on her way to deliver a message when a rainbow appeared in the sky, which she slid down.

a)

Hyacinthus

b)

Iris

c)

Narcissa

d)

Anemone

30.

What does the name Cyclops mean in Greek?

a)

ring-eyed

b)

big giant

c)

stupid buffoon

d)

elephant-eared